Authors note: sorry I havent updated in awhile but ive been so busy over the summer then I procrastinated a lot cause there weren't many reviews to want me to get it up sooner….o well I hope you like this chapter took me awhile to type it
Disclaimer: do u think I am jk rowling or jrr tolkien? Seriously? didn't think so, so I don't own any of them
Chapter 4: Be My Escape
I've
given up on giving up slowly, I'm blending in so
You won't
even know me apart from this whole world that shares my fate
This
one last bullet you mention is my one last shot at redemption
because I know to live you must give your life away
And I've
been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked
inside that house all the while You hold the key
And I've been
dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even
though, there's no way in knowing where to go, promise I'm going
because
I gotta get outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut
that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm
begging You, I'm begging You, I'm begging You to be my
escape.
I'm giving up on doing this alone now
Cause I've
failed and I'm ready to be shown how
He's told me the way and
I'm trying to get there
And this life sentence that I'm
serving
I admit that I'm every bit deserving
But the beauty
of grace is that it makes life not fair
Cause I've been
housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked
inside that house all the while You hold the key
And I've been
dying to get out and that might be the death of me
And even
though, there's no way in knowing where to go, promise I'm going
because
I gotta get outta here
Cause I'm afraid that this
complacency is something I can't shake
I gotta get outta here
And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, I'm begging You to be
my escape.
I am a hostage to my own humanity
Self detained
and forced to live in this mess I've made
And all I'm asking
is for You to do what You can with me
But I can't ask You to
give what You already gave
Cause I've been housing all this
doubt and insecurity and
I've been locked inside that house all
the while you hold the key
And I've been dying to get out and
that might be the death of me
And even though, there's no way in
knowing where to go, promise I'm going because
I've gotta get
outta here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by
mistake
I've gotta get outta here
And I'm begging You, I'm
begging You,
I'm begging You to be my escape.
I fought you for so long
I
should have let you in
Oh how we regret those things we do
And
all I was trying to do was
Save my
own skin
But so were You
So were You
Aragorn and Legolas greeted the 18 students with smiles, but they turned to the she-elves and gave them questioning looks. Lithoniel gave them a look that said 'we'll tell you later' which they nodded to and turned their attention to the rest of their students.
Aragorn started to speak. "We are here to help you develop skill with sword melee, the bow and arrow, and a language which you are not common with, Elfish. You are the few who have been chosen for this great honor to fight. These skills we have listed will help you fight the final battle against the Dark Lord. I will be teaching sword melee and Elfish. Legolas," he pointed to the elf standing beside him, "will be teaching archery and Elfish. Since there are only two of us, sometimes you may have to be taught Elfish by the three she-elves among you." Nostariel, Lithoniel, and Rania waved to them sheepishly, liking the attention for a few seconds.
Aragorn continued, "Ok now here are your groups. In group one will be Lithoniel, Draco, Nostariel, Samantha, Ron, Harry and Hermione. In group two will be Rania, Fred, Amanda, George, Lee Jordan, Blaise, and Padma. And finally, in group three will be Cho, Parvati, Seamus, Dean, Justin, Angelo, and Katherine. Today, all of the elves will start Elfish with group one, just to get them situated, because you don't really need to be there for the first lesson of the sword and bow. Group two please come to me and group three please go with Legolas." All the groups went to there respective teachers, Aragorn led his group to a flat non-grassy piece of land while Legolas led his own group to a distant archery field. The three she-elves led their group back into the castle and to an empty classroom.
All of the students sat down in a chair and Nostariel, Rania, and Lithoniel went to the front. Nostariel started off, "Well, you know us we know you, we're going to start you off with Elfish. Now, this is very different from your own language and may take awhile. Today, we will simply tell you a few phrases and other fairly small stuff. So, who wants to learn the days of the week in Elfish."
Nobody looked to excited, so she went up to the board and wrote, 'Elenya, Anarya, Isilya, Alduya, Menelya, Valanya, Tarion.' Nobody moves so Lithoniel said, exasperated, "You might want to write this down. So as they wrote them down, she pronounced each word and made the five people sitting in front of her say each word back. It went on like this for the months of the year and pronouns. With 10 minutes left the elves decided to teach them fun phrases.
"Ok, so I simple one is Dina which means be silent," Rania started, "And another one is Kela, which means go away."
"A funny one is Llie n'vanima ar' lle atara lanneina, which means You're ugly and your mother dresses funny." said Nostariel, the phrase resulting to a few laughs.
Lithoniel added, "Amin n'rangwa edanea, which means I don't understand these humans."
The five people sitting before her weren't sure if this was a joke or if they should take offence to it. But then the elves went on and they forgot about. Soon it was 3:00, the time for that class to be over.
Draco walked up to Lithoniel and said to her, "Lle naa vanima." (A/N: meaning: you are beautiful) Lithoniel smiled at him and said, "Thanks, but how did you…" For that was not one of the phrases they had taught them. He shrugged and said, "I did a little research." Then he walked away.
Nostariel and Rania, noticing them talking, walked up to her and asked, "What did he say?"
Lithoniel replied, "Lle naa vanima." and her friends 'ohhhed' at her. She told them to shut up and that they needed to go meet Aragorn and Legolas.
They lapsed into silence when they remembered why they were meeting them in the first place. They wondered how the moving-picture screen could possibly know about their war in Middle-Earth. They reached the archery range.
Rania, Nostariel, and Lithoniel waited for Legolas to finish his lesson. When he finally said goodbye to Group 3 and walked over to the she-elves. He looked nervous.
"What was your problem before?" He asked all of them though his gaze settled on Nostariel.
Rania answered, "We should probably wait for Aragorn to get here. We couldn't want to have to explain it twice." Legolas nodded his agreement, though he looked like he wanted to say more.
"Nostariel, would you like to walk with me? You could tell me what happened while Lithoniel and Rania tell Aragorn." He asked, his eyes full of hope.
Nostariel blushed and said, "Alright."
Legolas smiled at her and she smiled back. Rania and Lithoniel looked at each other, raised their eyebrows, and gave Nostariel knowing looks as she walked side-by-side with Legolas.
Lithoniel then asked Rania, "What shall we tell Aragorn?"
They thought of many possibilities: funny, dirty, serious (though the truth never did cross their minds) and about five minutes later Aragorn walked up to them. He looked around then asked, "Where are Legolas and Nostariel?"
Lithoniel and Rania couldn't suppress a giggle and Rania answered with, "They went to go have sex in the Forbidden Forest."
Lithoniel followed up with, "Cause you know it makes it even sexier since its forbidden to be in their anyway." That's when she and Rania started to laugh hysterically.
Aragorn rolled his eyes and asked, "How long did it take you to think of that?"
Lithoniel answered between giggles, "Five minutes." Which made her and Rania laugh even harder for no particular reason.
Aragorn wanted to let out a laugh, but would not give in to the two girls in front of him. Instead he asked, "What is this meeting about?"
All of a sudden the two she-elves stopped laughing. Lithoniel stopped for a second and then asked, "Do you know how much we respect you? As a leader and a friend, you have always pulled through." Aragorn, not expecting that, waited for her to go on, now was suddenly interested.
"You are one of our most trusted friend, the very best, that is why we mess with you so much. Please take seriously what we are about to tell you." Lithoniel waited for him to answer and without a moments hesitation, he answered with "Alright."
The two she-elves sighed, looked at each other and Rania started to tell him the story. They watched Aragorn's face fall and then grow into a questioning look. When Rania had finished he said one thing.
"Why?"
Lithoniel and Rania were confused by what he meant. There were many 'whys?' in their story, though they did not know which one he was referring to.
Noticing their questioning looks, Aragorn rephrased his question with, "Why our story?"
Both girls felt sorry that they could not answer him. They wished they knew themselves. But then it would lead to more questions. Why had Aragorn been chosen to come here? For they were the very people the humans on this world would recognize. Why had there been no warning?
Aragorn sat in thought for about another five minutes. Then he turned to Rania and asked, "You say Hermione showed you?"
Rania nodded and Aragorn repeated the gesture. He then said to the elves, "She obviously knows something. Get close to her, ask her what she knows about us. Don't trust her friends so much for decent information, they seem just as shocked as you were. So, tonight, sit with her instead of us. Make sure you find out as much as you can. Meet me and Legolas after dinner tonight for further instructions."
The two she-elves nodded. Then they all headed toward the archery ranges to practice and wait for Legolas and Nostariel to return.
Nostariel had just finished explaining the story to Legolas. He didn't interrupt her once and his face showed no emotion. They walked in silence for about two minutes when Legolas said, "This is bad."
Nostariel just looked at him. "Yea, it is. Very bad."
"I'm sure Aragorn has already told Rania and Lithoniel what they should do. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait to see what it is he said."
Nostariel smiled at Legolas and said to him. "I think I can wait a little while longer."
Legolas smiled back. Then he asked her, "Do you have feelings for me?"
Nostariel then started to get nervous. She sighed and after thinking for a moment on what to say she said, "I will not lie. Yes, I do."
She was then afraid he would walk away. Instead he said to her, "Well, then I will not lie to you. I also have feelings for you."
Nostariel was so surprised she get barely let out a squeaky, "Really?"
Legolas then laughed. "Yes, really."
She was so happy that she hugged him. Legolas was surprised, though no disappointed, wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.
She slowly pulled away and they started towards the archery ranges. During the walk, Legolas grabbed Nostariel's hand and they walked up to Lithoniel and Rania. Aragorn was in the middle of releasing an arrow and only heard squeals from Rania and Lithoniel who were hugging Nostariel, their bows forgotten.
Aragorn reached them just in time to hear Rania say "Finally" and they all laughed, their worries soon forgotten. It was awkward for Nostariel and Legolas at first, but they lived through it.
As it got closer to dinner time, the five of them walked up to the castle. When they reached the Great Hall, the girls departed with Legolas and Aragorn and headed to their common room to put away their bows. On their way back through the common room, they were met with Draco and Blaise.
They said polite 'hellos' and kept walking. They really wanted to meet up with Hermione and find out what they could and then tease Nostariel about Legolas.
But then Draco said, "Lithoniel, could I talk to you for a minute?" All three girls stopped short. Lithoniel turned around, smiled at him, and answered "Sure." She motioned for her fellow elves to go on without her and they walked away, suddenly finding a new subject to talk about.
Lithoniel walked over to Draco and Blaise simply sat on a couch, not bothering to leave. When she was about two steps away from Draco she said, "What's up?"
"I was wondering if you would want to go with me on the first Hogsmeade weekend." Draco asked her.
"So, like a date?" Lithoniel asked. Draco nodded.
"Sure," Lithoniel said then leaned closer and asked, "What's Hogsmeade?"
He smirked and answered, "Its an all-wizards town. All Hogwarts students 3rd year and above are allowed to go there on certain weekends."
Lithoniel nodded and said, "Cool."
Draco hesitated a moment, then asked her if she wanted to sit at the Slytherin table again. Lithoniel was about to say 'sure' (again) when she remembered what Aragorn had told her to do.
"Oh no, I can't. I'm really sorry but I have to sit with Hermione."
Draco looked surprised, then slightly angry. "Why do you have to sit with her?"
"Aragorn told Rania, Nostariel, and me to ask her questions about that movie we were watching before. Lithoniel answered, not really wanting to elaborate. She wasn't in luck.
"What was up with the movie?" Draco asked.
Lithoniel had a pained expression on her face. But answered, "I can't tell you now. But as soon as I speak with Hermione, I will be able to." Seeing Draco's unbelieving look she finished with, "I promise," then smiled at him. He smiled back.
They wound up walking to dinner together, accompanied with Blaise. They talked, then departed to go to their separate tables and Lithoniel sat in between Harry and Nostariel and across from Ron, Hermione, and Rania.
Lithoniel whispered to Nostariel, "Did you ask her anything yet?" Nostariel shook her head and Lithoniel turned to Hermione.
"How did you know our story?" she asked.
Hermione sighed and answered, "You ask me an impossible question. All I know is that since I saw you elves and Aragorn, that I began to think 'maybe that story was more than just a story.' I was proven right when I showed you those movies. They were based on books, which I guess, were based," she glanced quickly at the end of the staff table where Aragorn and Legolas were seated, "on the real thing."
The three she-elves took it in. Ron then asked, "So there are books?"
Harry nodded, "Yea, a trilogy."
Hermione looked at him. "You know about them?"
Harry nodded and said, "They are the biggest books, biggest movies, in the muggle world. Of course I would know. I actually read them." Hermione gaped at him. "What! It gets boring at the Dursleys."
Hermione shook her head. "Ok, well did you make the connection that the Aragorn and Legolas in the book are the same Aragorn and Legolas sitting before you.?"
"Of course," Harry said, "I don't get the big deal, though."
"The big deal is that there is a whole story written about their," she pointed to the three she-elves and up toward the staff table, "world and they have no idea about it! How could someone in this world know? Do you understand how vulnerable it makes their world?" By the time she finished she was shouting and most of the Great Hall was silenced.
"What are you listening to? Mind your own business!" Hermione shouted to those who were listening and the Great Hall filled with noise again. Aragorn and Legolas were still staring at Hermione. That's when she started to blush and asked, "Did I get a little too carried away?"
Ron and Harry nodded while the other three girls assured her she had not, though they were still in shock themselves.
They finished up their dinner in a normal fashion, mostly talking about Hermione, Ron, and Harry's classes and what each one consisted of. The three she-elves figured they had received enough information for one night.
As the Great hall emptied Hermione, Ron, and Harry walked back up their common room with promises from Rania, Nostariel, and Lithoniel that they would meet them in a couple of minutes.
They walked up to where Aragorn and Legolas were still seated at the staff table and told them what they knew from Hermione, which if you think about it, wasn't much. But Aragorn seemed satisfied and instructed them on what they were going to do next.
"Over the next two weeks, we shall split up into groups and watch the movies and read the books, while writing down differences, similarities things like that. We shall find out how much they really know. That is all for now." Aragorn then dismissed them, Rania and Lithoniel practically dragging Nostariel away.
They reached the common room, said good night to the people in it, and went to bed, sleeping away a long, hard day.
Alright….so that was a long chapter. I hope you review cause I personally love this chapter, it was fun to write but not-so-fun to type, sorry if I don't get many up in the next month- I have my first day of high school Tuesday so I gotta adjust to that and then I have volleyball, but ill try PROMISE! As long as you review, ill update so…I'm gonna go read and get some sleep love all of you bye…
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